Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2011

The Wonders of Avocado


Avocado, Healthy Fruit
Avocado is one fruit that is rich in benefits. The fruit that contain this healthy fat can help maintain eye health, fight cancer, and increasing the absorption of nutrients. How avocado improve health? Here's the description for you...

Improve Eye Health
Avocados are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants found in the retina. Both these antioxidants work maintain eye health and prevent aging-related eye disorders, such as cataracts and macular degeneration.

Prevent CancerA study found, avocado extract can kill or stop the growth of precancerous cells that trigger mouth cancer. These extracts are also believed to have the same effect on other cancer types. These benefits, according to the researchers, is caused by the content of folate, vitamin C and E in the avocado.

Strengthen Nutrition Absorption
A study found that people can absorb the lycopene (from tomatoes), 4.5 times more when added avocado. Good fats from avocados, according to researchers, helping to absorb more nutrients.

Sources of Healthy Fats
One ounce of avocado contains four grams of saturated fat is not singular. These good fats lower cholesterol levels and function better for the heart. Apart from good fats, an ounce of avocado contains two grams of fiber and one gram of protein. The content of this makes perfect avocado as a substitute for other sources of fat are not healthy.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Oops .. 50 Million People Indonesia Suction 20 cigarettes per day


From republika.com :

No Smoking
Director of Communicable Diseases Control Ministry of Health, Dr Azimal, said cigarette consumption has now become global and national issues. As many as 80 percent occur in developing countries. While Indonesia itself was ranked third after China and India.

"We estimate that 50 million of Indonesia's population with an average smoking cigarettes smoked per day as many as 20 cigarettes per person," said Azimal in Denpasar, on Monday (28 / 2), while socialization Draft Local Regulation on Regions No Smoking (KTM).

Azimal said conditions make many of Indonesia's population has the potential to develop various non-communicable diseases caused by smoking such as heart disease, tumors, cancer and so forth. In fact, smoking has killed 13,500 people per day worldwide, or one person every second.

In addition, he said, more than 200 thousand people die every year due to diseases associated with smoking. "Even the most severe again, as many as 43 million children are exposed to cigarette smoke (secondhand smoke)," he said.
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